Combination rocker and standard chair.



A. L. HALEY. COMBINATION ROCKER AND STANDARD CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1906. 902,395.

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COMBINATION ROCKER AND STANDARD CHAIR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. HALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Combination Rocker and Standard Chair, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of the present invention is to provide an article of furniture that can be used interchangeably as a standard chair, or as a rocking chair.

One advantage of such interchangeable chair is that it leads to economy of room or space in apartments, particularly in apartments which are used at different times for different purposes; for example, combined bedroom and sitting room apartments. In such cases rockers are desirable for sitting room purposes, but are undesirable in a bedroom. In other cases also a standard chair that can be converted at will into a rocker is a desideratum.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective of one form of the chair, showing its use as a standard chair. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the chair in position for use as a rocker. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a different form of the chair in its standard or upright position. Fig. 4 is a section of still another form of chair, showing it in reversed or rocker position.

The chair shown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises end standards or members 1, and a seat 2 extending across between and fastened to said members, the standards 1 being curved or rounded oil at one end, as shown at 8, so that when they are placed with that end on the floor, the chair can rock on such curved portion. The other end of the standards are provided with means such as legs 4. to support the chair squarely on the floor. This curved rocker portion or end of the standards is preferably provided with a metallic sheath 5 of sheet brass, or similar material, which not only adds to the appearance of the chair, but prevents wear on the rocker and insures that such portions of the chair will present a clean unrubbed surface when turned uppermost or when used as a standard chair. These standards at the curved or rocker end are preferably extended somewhat laterally as shown at 17, thereby extending the rocker base. In some cases, however, it is desirable to provide for a fur- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 10, 1906.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Serial No. 316,176.

1 ther extension, particularly at the rear of l the chair, and for this purpose a sliding extension strip or bar 6 may be provided, which may slide in a sheath or socket 7 formed between the metallic shield 5 and the body of the chair standard, said sheath having an opening 18 at one end to enable protrusion of the said extension strip, as shown in Fig. 2, when it is desired to use the chair as a rocker.

In case a back is desired for the chair, the same may be hinged to the seat at 8 so as to swing between the end standards either to position such as shown by full lines in Fig. 2, wherein it forms a back 25 for the chair in rocker osition, or to the position shown in dotted ines in said figure, wherein it forms a back for the chair when in standard position, a spring catch 9 being provided to snap into socket 10 in the chair standards to hold the back in either position. This snap or catch will hold the back in place under normal conditions, but can be released by forcible pressure or blow on the back to enable it to be moved to the other position.

The invention is particularly ada ted for chairs of the mission style, and as sliown in Fig. 3, for such a style of chair the curved ends of the standards may be prolonged sufficiently at the front and rear to form a practicable rocker when the chair is inverted. Also as shown in said figure, the chair may be provided with two back members 11, 12, which extend across and are fastened to the end member 19, said back members being on opposite sides and at opposite ends of the seat 2, so that when the seat is used as a standard chair, as shown in Fig. 3, the back member 11 is in position to operate as a back for the seat 2, and when the seat is inverted the member 12 will be in position to operate as a back.

Another form of the invention is shown in Fig. 4, wherein the end standards 20 are formed as rockers at one end and are connected by two transverse horizontal members 21, 22, the member 21 serving as a seat for a backless standard mission chair when the chair is in upright position, which is the reverse to that shown in Fig. 4., and the member 22 serving as a seat when the chair is in rocker osition, shown in Fig. 1, the back for the roc ring chair being provided by a board or member 13 pivoted to the seat member 22 at 14 and adapted to swing to the full line position for use as a back, or to fold or close against the seat member 22 as shown in dotted lines, being held in that position by a snap or spring catch '15, engaging in a socket 16, so that when the chair is in standard position, the said back member for the rocker Will be concealed beneath the lower horizontal member 22. A catch 23 may also engage in socket 24 to hold the back in raised position.

WVhat I claim is In an invertible chair, end standards, one end of each of Which is rounded and extended to form a rocker, a seat rigidly secured to said standards, a movable back, a metallic sheath on each rocker extending substantially from end to end thereof and provided at one end With a perforation, said sheaths serving to form a protection when the rockers are down and an ornament When they'are up, and a curved bar extensibly mounted in each sheath with one end projecting from said perforation.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles California this 2nd day of May 1906.

ARTHUR L. HALEY. In presence of- ARTHUR P. KNIGHT, FREDERICK S. LYON. 

